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Celebrim replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.No, that's not the case. It just may be the case that we can't easily measure it. Typically you see this in sociological issues where... -
Celebrim replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread."Railroad" is a metaphor. In a game, the tracks never go everywhere, and the tracks can very much mostly go somewhere. Truly...
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Celebrim replied to the thread What constitutes a "hit" in your mind?.A hit as the term suggests hits the target, doing some amount of physical damage. The amount of physical damage depends on a number of...
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Yeah, 100%, it's great even beyond just logistics of tabletop play. David Sirlin puts it quite nicely: You can still secure a win at 1... -
Yes, that’s always been my problem with PbtA and somehow really annoyed me about Masks particularly. Such systems kind of assume that...
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Celebrim replied to the thread D&D General Hit Points are a great mechanic.I don't know that I hate them, but I do think that after 4 years of play, the lack of hit points in WEG D6 is starting to ruin the game...
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So after a few years of running a lot of games with different variations of wounds system, I can say only one thing: I hate them...
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Hmm... Bit on the nose there with the knife-twisting, but I agree that most DMs with more than a few years under their belt probably...
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Celebrim replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.I don't have a lot of tolerance for illusionism either. For one thing, I don't like it as a player and I always strive hard to be the...
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A lot of it depends on how much the players are committed to the adventure-at-hand in the first place. I've had campaigns that were...
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Celebrim replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.I'm inclined to say that if your players think you are running a fun game and they want to play more, then you are doing something...
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You're lucky. I've known DMs who can improvise everything and show up to gameday with nothing prepared, no maps, lists of fantasy names...
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Celebrim replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Hmmm... really interesting question. I'm inclined to say "Yes." but that answer may be subtly different from what you think is implied...
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Celebrim replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.For a certain definition of "medium", yes. Without some objective measurement scale I can't put an objective finger on what that...
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Celebrim replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Only because you are still seeing railroading as a qualitative term rather than a quantitative thing. The question isn't "Are we...